Sectional radiator for clothes-drying apparatus.



O. L. ESTERLY 6:: B. A. HORWITZ.

SEGTIONAL RADIATOR FOR CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS;

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1913.

1,081,665. Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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EN KTED STATES PATENT @FFlQE.

CHARLES L. ESTERLY AND BENJAMIN A. HOBWITZ, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SECTIONAL RADIATOR FOR CLOTHES-DRYING APPARATUS.

Application filed February 6, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES L. EsTnRLY and BENJAMIN A. Honwrrz, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Radiators for Clothes- Drying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends improve ments in sectional radiators which are especially adapted for use in connection with clothes drying apparatus but which may also be used in various other ways.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a sectional radiator which will diffuse the maximum amount of heat, which may be readily cleaned, and which may be increased in size by adding additional units. 7

The invention also aims to generally improve devices of this nature, to render them more useful, eflicient, and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in View, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our invention, reference is to be had to the fol lowing description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view, showing two radiator units, one in dotted lines, and a stove to which the other unit is connected. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, showing a radiator unit and a stove, Fig. 3 is a section taken on the plane of line 33 of Fig. 2, the stove being partly broken away to show the connection of the stack and flue chamber, and, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through one of the radiator pipes.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1O designates, generally, a stove, range, or heater of any desired type to which the radiator may be attached.

Our improved sectional radiator, each unit or coil of which is generally designated 12, comprises an elongated pipe 13 which is preferably rectangular in cross section but Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

Serial No. 746,470.

may be made of any desired shape and which is closed at one end and provided with a flanged opening 14 at the other end, which opening is closed by a removable cap 15. The pipe is formed upon the side which is opposed to the stove with an intake opening 16 and an outlet opening 17, which openings are surrounded by laterally projecting flanges 18 adapted to project within the stove, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The side of the pipe 13 which is farthest from the stove is provided with the outlet opening 19 and the intake opening 20, which openings are surrounded by the laterally projecting flanges 21.

The pipe 22 which cooperates with the pipe 13 to complete a coil or unit, is constructed essentially similar to the first men tioned pipe with the exception that the flanges 23 surrounding the inlet and outlet openings are of a somewhat greater diameter than the flanges 21, so as to overlap the same and form a convenient means of connecting the two pipes.

A division plate 24 is pivoted or hinged adjacent its upper edge within the pipe 13 between the openings 16 and 17. An actuating rod 25 is connected to the division plate and is formed with a hooked end 26 which may be engaged with the flange surrounding the opening 14 when it is desired to hold the division plate in an essentially horizontal position so that a cleaner may be inserted through the opening 14 and eX- tended the full length of the pipe. A division plate 27 may be similarly secured with in the pipe 22 for use when more than one unit or coil is being used.

When a one unit radiator is being used the air which is heated within the stove, flows through the opening 16 along the pipe 13 toward the opening 19 and through the latter into the pipe 22, then through the openings 20 and 17 back to the stove. To cause the air to take this course, it is necessary to have the division plate 24 in such a position as to divide the pipe 13 into two compartments and the division plate 27 in a horizontal position.

An angular partition 29 forms a flue chamber 30 within the stove which is in communication with the flue 31 and outlet opening 17. A damper 32 controls the flow of air through this flue. A damper 33 is provided to cover or uncover an opening formed in the partition 29 so that if desired, the heated air from the stove may be permitted to pass directly up the flue 31.

When a single unit is being used, caps 35 are used to close the flanged openings 36. If it is desired to use a radiator of two or more units, the caps 35 are removed and the units connected, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that we haveprovided an improved sectional radiator particularly adapted for clothes drying apparatus, which may be cheaply manufactured of sheet-metal or any other suitable material, and which may be regulated in size by adding or taking away units. Our construction makes it necessary for a dealer to carry only a plurality of coils or units rather than a number of different size radiators as would be the case were the units non-detachable.

It is to be understood that while we have shown and described the preferred embodimentof our invention, we do not wish to be limited to this exact construct-ion, combination, and arrangement of parts, but may make such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A sectional radiator of the character described, comprising one or more units, each of said units consisting of a pair of communicating pipes, said pipes being formed with flanged inlet and outlet openings, the ends of the pipes being apertured, caps closing said apertures, and division plates hinged within said pipes between said inlet and outlet openings.

2. A sectional radiator unit comprising a pair of elongated pipes, the opposed faces of said pipes being formed adjacent their ends with openings, telescoping flanges surrounding said openings and adapted to connect the two pipes, the outer sides of the pipes being formed adjacent their center with inlet and outlet openings, flanges surrounding said openings, caps adapted to be positioned upon the flanges of one of the pipes, the ends of the pipes being formed with flanged openings, caps adapted to close said last mentioned openings, and hinged division plates positioned within said pipes between said inlet and outlet openings.

3. A sectional radiator unit of the character described, comprising a coil consisting of a pair of communicating pipes, the outer sides of said pipes being formed adjacent their centers with inlet and outlet openings, division plates pivoted adjacent their upper edges within said pipes between the inlet and outlet. openings, and actuating rods connected to said pivoted plates, whereby the same may be raised or lowered.

4. A sectional radiator unit comprising a plurality of pipes, each of said pipes bein provided with an opening in one end thereo a longitudinally projecting flange surrounding said opening, a cap adapted to fit upon said flange to close the opening, a division plate hinged adjacent its upper edge within each of said pipes between the inlet and outlet openings thereof, and an actuating rod secured to each of said division plates, the free ends of the actuating rods being hooked for engagement with said flanges, whereby the division plates may be held in a raised position.

5. The combination with a stove having a flue chamber formed therein, of a radiator comprising a plurality of elongated pipes, each of said pipes being formed upon one side adjacent its center with a pair of flanged openings and upon its opposite side adjacent its ends with a second pair of flanged openings, opposed flanges being adapted to telescope, whereby the pipes are connected, the flanged openings which are opposed to the stove being in communication with the interior thereof, one of said last mentioned openings communicating with the flue chamber, and a hinged division plate positioned within each of said pipes centrally of its ends.

6. A sectional radiator unit comprising a pair of parallel pipes which are in communication with each other adjacent their ends, each of the pipes being formed upon its outer side with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a division plate hinged within each pipe between the inlet and outlet openings thereof.

7. A sectional radiator unit comprising a pair of parallel pipes communicating with each other adjacent their ends, each of the pipes being formed upon its outer side adj acent its central point with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a hinged division plate positioned within each of the pipes between the inlet and outlet openings thereof, and a second radiator unit similar in construction to said first mentioned radiator unit, the second mentioned radiator unit In testimony whereof we affix our signatures 1n presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. ESTERLY. BENJAMIN A. HORWITZ.

within each of the pipes to control the flow of heated air therethrough, and an actuating rod provided for each of the division plates and extending toward the open end of the pipe, the free end of each of the rods being formed with a hook for engagement with Vitnesses: one of the flanges, whereby the division plate N. L. MoDoNNELL, is supported in an inoperative position. B. 0. BROWN.

Commissioner of Patents,

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